Sohrabuddin case: Guj cop surrenders

Gujarat DSP Narendra Amin, one of the prime accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, surrenders before a local court, reports Rathin Das.

Gujarat Deputy Superintendent of Police Narendra Amin, one of the prime accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, surrendered before a local court on Thursday. Additional City Sessions Judge PP Bhatt sent Amin to judicial custody till further orders.

Amin had been absconding for the last few days after the Supreme Court last week cancelled his anticipatory bail granted by a city court.

Amin, formerly with the CID (Crime), was transferred to Vadodara (Rural) Police on July 31 after criticism in the Supreme Court over his alleged role in the disposal of Sohrabuddin’s wife Kausarbi.

Sohrabuddin Sheikh, an extortionist who was harassing marble traders of Rajasthan, was picked up from a tourist bus in Andhra Pradesh by the Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) in November 2005 and killed outside Ahmedabad three days later.

The ATS team had claimed that Sohrabuddin was a terrorist planning to assassinate CM Narendra Modi. The case was reopened earlier this year following a petition filed in the Supreme Court by Sohrabuddin’s brother Rubabuddin.